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2011

• The Alibi starts throwing themed Group Hug parties, including the likes of: Monster Paws, LOW ON HIGH, The Hi Lo Tones, The Ladies’ Society of Grenadiers, Le Chat Lunatique, Mondo Vibrations and many more. Nurse columnist Whitny Doyle profiles a funding debate taking place over the state’s only residential treatment center for drug-addicted pregnant women. On the 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, the longest in American history, we run all the names of U.S. troops who’ve been killed.

• Japan is hit with a strong earthquake, followed by a tsunami that causes a nuclear plant meltdown.

• Voters run red-light cameras out of town.

• Joss Whedon’s cinematic take on The Avengers starts shooting Downtown, directly across the street from the Alibi offices. He attends a psychedelic ice cream social we throw at Launchpad. The historic Kress building is used as a stand-in for Captain America’s boxing gym. The sequence is raced into theaters to serve as a post-credits “teaser” in Captain America: The First Avenger.

• Gov. Martinez puts film incentives on the chopping block and embarks on a spree of bill-vetoing.